Think Clean, Act Green

Think Clean, Act Green

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  Think Clean, Act Green! KyleBrennan November 8, 2011
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  The Problem?  Communities around the United States and world are creating a deadly environment to live in.  Producing excess materials, polluting our air and water, and misusing our resources are some of the relevant issues in today’s society.
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  This is theproblem.
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  Why Go Green? We need to conserve our natural resources  Also, reduce the waste of water and energy which is needed around the world.  Using biodegradable products lowers the amount of pollution and helps keep the planet clean.
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  The Area ofFocus  Think Clean, Act Green focuses on increasing individual’s recycling habits, and enlarging the amounts of recycle in communities.  Also, while giving focus to using less energy at home, and becoming more nature friendly.
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  Who does thishelp?  This small application is able to help the community to begin with, as the popularity grows, recycling will become more well sought after and the world as a whole will develop great recycling skills.  In the bigger picture, the whole world will be able to benefit from a greener planet.
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  Ultimate Goals  First, increase in local recycling, and recycle awareness in communities around the world.  Second, an increase of popularity in parks, bike trails, and hiking areas.  Third, an increase in use of environmentally safe and waste conscious products.
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  Introduction  Think Clean,Act Green (TCAG) is an application designed for a tablet or touch screen telephone.  Using simple mechanics, users with all levels of skill will be able to navigate through and learn the techniques and advantages of becoming more eco friendly.
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  How does thiswork?  Thisapp offers multiple options containing the knowledge needed to act green.  From the opening interface users will be able to click on icons directing them to the corresponding pages. These include, “Give Tips,” “Get Tips,” “Recycle,” “Explore,” and “Donate”
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  Give/Get Tips  Simplygive and receive advice about becoming green and creating a healthier environment.  To give a tip, users type into a text box some advice they want to share with other TCAG users. This advice will be reviewed, and displayed when approved.  To get a tip, users just search the list of helpful advice for becoming green.
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  Examples
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  Recycle  The recycle page encourages users to improve their own recycling and also their local community's efforts.  This application will use a location finder, able to determine the closest recycling centers to the user.
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  Explore  The explore page is meant to bring users out doors and discourage the waste of electricity and energy.  This section also uses a location finder to search for near by parks, trails, and hikes.  This supports local outdoor activities, and also focuses on any location within biking distance to limit car use.
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  Donate  The donatepage is for users who feel strongly enough about the cause that they want to give some money to help local and even global foundations.  Donations can also be made from collected recycling codes (discussed next).
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  Features  A unique feature that TCAG will have is the incentive plan.  Starting locally, recycle centers will coordinate with TCAG ; each time a user comes in and recycles they will receive a code which will be placed into their TCAG account. These codes can be collected and redeemed for coupons for environmentally friendly products. (Such as Brita, re-usable bags, bamboo products, etc.)
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  Execution  Thisapplication willbe available world wide, considering the importance of the issue.  Attempts to encourage use from every country will be made, and popularity will continue until every one using this certain media will access TCAG each day.
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  References  http://www.ourearth.org/?gclid=COeG- 4r1pKwCFUJx4Aodt2OgaQ  http://www.globalissues.org/issue/168/en vironmental-issues  http://www.environmentalissues.net/
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  Think Clean, Act Green! By:Kyle Brennan November 08, 2011 Thank you for supporting